Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Season 1

Anime Review

Based on the popular and action-packed manga, created by Koyoharu Gotōge and published by Weekly Shonen Jump. The story of Demon Slayer revolves around a young boy named Tanjiro Kamado and his sister, Nezuko. After discovering his family has been butchered by a demon and Nezuko turned into one of these horrid creatures, Tanjiro vows to become a demon slayer to learn how to turn his sister back into a human. Developed by UFOtable, the anime studio drafted the series with stunning visuals, making it unarguably one of the best anime of the last few years.

Known as the Taisho era, the anime takes place around the time of World War I in Japan. Returning from his trip to a village, down from the mountain, Tanjiro finds his whole family ruthlessly and viciously slaughtered by a demon, only leaving Nezuko left to slowly die. Unfortunately, Nezuko’s blood mixed with this murderous monster’s blood, transforming the young girl into a blood-hungry demon. Before Tanjiro, could found any help, Giyū Tomioka, a demon slayer shows up and threatens to slay Nezuko. The demon slayer spares her life after hearing Tanjiro’s unyielding determination to save his sister and avenge his fallen family. Tomioka, tells Tanjiro to seek out and to be trained by his former master, Urokodaki. Tanjirio undergoes intensive but heartwarming sword training with determination in becoming a demon slayer.

The storyline for this action anime isn’t anything new in anime or video games. Koyoharu Gotōge uses the familiar storyline of a vengeful warrior slaying demons or monsters in the wake of their family’s death. However, Demon Slayer never felt like it was ripping off any other anime or video game, despite its common storyline. What separates this anime’s story from others, are the humanizing of the characters, especially the villains, and the dense world-building.

Shonen manga and anime are known for their high-energy level battles and Koyoharu Gotōge Demon Slayer doesn’t disappoint. The battle scenes in this anime can get bloody and quite violent at times, nonetheless, the battles feature stunning, sword-swinging vibrant color of pure astonishing animation. The power level moves in Demon Slayer are a seamless blend of both traditional and digital animation. Many of these power level moves are amplified by adding a visual effect of which reminds one of the crashing waves of traditional Japanese painting.

As mention above, there are plenty of blood and violence, though not enough for parents of a younger audience to worry about. After Gotouge’s initial draft failed to become a serialized manga, due to its lack of comedy, serious tone, and dark story. An editor from Weekly Shonen Jump, suggested writing an easy-to-understand theme and create brighter characters to contrast the dark setting. These suggested changes, makes one think if there weren’t any changes could this had been the next Attack on Titan? It could be seen as the editor's attempt to change the initial manga to appeal to a more wider and mainstream audience.

As good as Demon Slayer is, it isn’t without any faults. The story does start with a slow burn, viewers may expect action quickly since being a shonen anime. However, the slow burn is worth the wait. Tanjiro befriends two other demon slayers, Zenitsu and Inosuke. Inosuke is a little rash and loud, although he does become much calmer and laid back toward the end of the anime, leaving us with a good character development. Then there is Zenitsu, when facing immediate death he’s a great demon slayer. The rest of the time, Zenitsu is an annoying girl-crazy coward. The character designs aren’t bad just a little different. Until the viewer meets the Hashira, then you’re left with god-awful character design. Weird makeup, markings, or scars is a poor substitute for great character design. The Demons could be more monstrous design-wise.

Despite these faults, which most of them are nit-picks, Demon Slayer still one of the finest anime to come out in recent years. The manga has sold over 150 million copies and the anime has been met with great critical acclaim. The movie, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train, has become the highest-grossing anime film of all time, without even being release in North America.

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